North Macedonia
Armed forces, share of workers in North Macedonia
Armed forces, share of workers in North Macedonia: 1.19% of the labour force in 1992 and 2% of the labour force in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 2% of the labour force
- Since 1992
- +0.81 percentage points
- Rank, 2020
- 28 of 168
- counting from the highest
- World, 2020
- 0.79% of the labour force
% of the labour force · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 3.41% of the labour force in 1998, the lowest 0.93% of the labour force in 2009.
Every year
% of the labour force · IISS
| Year | North Macedonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 1.94 | 0.79 |
| 2018 | 1.94 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 1.92 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 1.86 | 0.81 |
| 2015 | 1.84 | 0.82 |
| 2014 | 0.94 | 0.82 |
| 2013 | 0.93 | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 0.94 | 0.87 |
| 2011 | 0.94 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 0.96 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 0.93 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 2.2 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 2.22 | 0.89 |
| 2006 | 2.26 | 0.95 |
| 2005 | 2.26 | 0.96 |
| 2004 | 2.02 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 2.42 | 0.98 |
| 2002 | 2.4 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3.13 | 1.01 |
| 2000 | 2.87 | 1.07 |
| 1999 | 2.91 | 1.09 |
| 1998 | 3.41 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 2.83 | 1.15 |
| 1996 | 2.2 | 1.18 |
| 1995 | 2.21 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 1.23 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 1.21 | 0.98 |
| 1992 | 1.19 | 1.03 |
| 1991 | – | 1.03 |
| 1990 | – | 1.11 |
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel as a share of everyone working or looking for work, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 168 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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North Macedonia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$346M in 2025
- Military spending per person$206 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel16,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2023
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